(May. 7 1:40 PM) - The NHTP Senior Repertory Company presents Antigone, a translation by Lewis Galantiere from the play by Jean Anouihl. First performed in Paris in 1944 during the German occupation under censorship, the play is clearly a metaphor for the French Resistance movement and its rejection of fascist authority.

(May. 7 10:00 AM) - The Palace Theatre has announced it is a recipient of a pledge commitment for $10,000 per year over the next three years toward its Second Century Campaign designed to fund its capital campaign. The fund will be used for much needed theatre improvements and safety upgrades.

(May. 6 12:30 AM) - In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 2 million children being raised by 1 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents. Globally, that number greatly increases. Family Equality Council, the nation’s foremost advocate for LGBT families, announced this week they will launch a series of annual celebrations in honor of the first-ever International Family Equality Day today, May 6, 2012.

(May. 4 12:30 AM) - The Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester will continue its 2012-2013 Professional Theatre Citizens Bank Performing Arts Series with the New Hampshire stage premiere of Legally Blonde, the Musical, opening tonight, May 4, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The show runs through May 19, 2012.

(May. 4 12:30 AM) - During the month of May at Seacoast Repertory Theatre, four well-known local actors explore these impulses in British playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s probing, emotional comedy THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE.

(May. 3 4:05 PM) - The TONY Awards Nominators had their say earlier this week and now it's your turn! We're pleased to announce that voting has now opened for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards!

(May. 2 6:51 PM) - New Hampshire Theatre Project presents a one-night only event, SHAKESPEARIENCE on Thursday, May 24 6-8:30pm.

(May. 2 12:30 AM) - A young puppet theater company called The Phantom Limb has teamed with the renowned Kronos Quartet to produce an historical reenactment of the harrowing 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition by Earnest Shackleton and 27 staunch souls. The result is 690 South: The Shackleton Project, a marionette performance that takes viewers on an artful, emotional journey. It will be presented free of charge at 7:30 p.m. tonight, May 2, at Concord NH’s Capitol Center for the Arts.

(May. 1 2:42 PM) - In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 2 million children being raised by 1 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents. Globally, that number greatly increases. Family Equality Council, the nation’s foremost advocate for LGBT families, announced this week they will launch a series of annual celebrations in honor of the first-ever International Family Equality Day on May 6, 2012.

(May. 1 2:27 PM) - The Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester will host Mike Morin’s Culinary Adventure on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

(Apr. 27 12:30 AM) - From today, 27 April to 13 May, Pontine Theatres co-directors, Greg Gathers & Marguerite Mathews will bring their unique approach to literary adaptations to George Savary Wasson’s early 20th century stories drawn from Cap’n Simeon’s Store (1903) and The Green Shay (1905). Performances are Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm and Sundays at 2pm. There is an addtional 8pm performance on Saturday 28 April.

(Apr. 27 12:30 AM) - April 27 through May 13, Pontine Theatre premieres its original stage adaptation of stories by George Savary Wasson at its West End Studio Theatre located in Portsmouth NH.

(Apr. 27 12:30 AM) - 27 April - 13 May, Pontine Theatres co-directors, Greg Gathers & Marguerite Mathews, bring their unique approach to literary adaptations to George Savary Wasson’s early 20th century stories drawn from Cap’n Simeon’s Store (1903) and The Green Shay (1905). Performances are Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm and Sundays at 2pm. There is an addtional 8pm performance on Saturday 28 April.

(Apr. 25 8:25 PM) - The NHTP Senior Repertory Company presents Antigone, running May 18-27, in a translation by Lewis Galantiere from the play by Jean Anouilh, which was adapted from the original Greek play by Sophocles. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is sentenced to execution for burying her dead brother after her uncle, King Creon, declares that his body is to be left for the vultures. The prohibition against desecrating the dead is almost as old as war itself; and recently brought swift punishment to American Marines in Afghanistan.

(Apr. 25 1:50 PM) - During the month of May at Seacoast Repertory Theatre, four well-known local actors explore these impulses in British playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s probing, emotional comedy THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE.

(Apr. 24 11:02 AM) - The Capitol Center for the Arts today announced an exciting lineup of performances for its seventeenth season.

(Apr. 23 9:03 PM) - Director Elaine Gatchell announces open auditions for Leddy Center’s fall production of L. Frank Baum’s classic story, The Wizard of Oz, Saturday, June 2.

(Apr. 23 4:28 PM) - This May Franklin Footlight Theatre will finish out its 17th season with the adult comedy, “Full Frontal Nudity." The show, written by Jerry Rubushka, follows a small town community theater performing an original work and is having trouble drawing patrons due to the competition of a much larger playhouse that puts on familiar full scale musicals.